Mandari youth with display ox
104 x 82 mm | Print gelatin silver
There are records relating to alternative images that we do not have scans for in the database:
1998.97.376.1 - Negative film nitrate , (43 x 40 mm)
1998.97.376.1 - Negative film nitrate , (43 x 40 mm)
Condition:
handling marks/ dirt [Chris Morton 18/3/2005]
Date of Print:
Unknown
Previous PRM Number:
JB.10.16
Accession Number:
1998.97.376.2
Description:
A Mandari youth near a cattle camp wearing numerous rem beads around his waist standing beside his display ox (sönö) with large trained horns decorated with tassels.
The Mandari, in common with other cattle-keeping Nilotic peoples, prized contrasting markings on their cattle highly, and trained the horns of their special ox to grow across the muzzle (left horn) as well as away from the muzzle (right horn).
Photographer:
Jean Carlile Buxton
Date of Photo:
1950 - 1952
Region:
[Southern Sudan] Bahr el Jebel
Group:
Mandari
PRM Source:
Ronald Carlile Buxton via Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology
Acquired:
Donated 1988
Other Owners:
Jean Buxton Collection
Class:
Animal Husbandry , Animal Gear , Settlement
Keyword:
Animal Cattle , Cattle Camp
Documentation:
See Related Documents File. Buxton field notebooks in Tylor Library.
Other Information:
This print has numerous handling stains front and back, indicating that it was shown and discussed by Buxton in the field to elicit responses to the display ox.
[Chris Morton 18/3/2005]
Recorder:
Christopher Morton 18/3/2005 [Southern Sudan Project]
